Rick Williams
Richard Allen Williams
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: November 9, 1952 in Merced, CA
Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent in 1972. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 12, 1978
Final Game: September 26, 1979
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1978 25 HOU NL 1 2 .333 4.67 17 1 5 0 0 0 34.2 43 19 18 2 10 2 17 0 1 0 159 70 1.529 11.2 0.5 2.6 4.4 1.70
1979 26 HOU NL 4 7 .364 3.26 31 16 3 2 2 0 121.1 122 45 44 6 30 1 37 2 1 0 508 108 1.253 9.0 0.4 2.2 2.7 1.23
2 Seasons 5 9 .357 3.58 48 17 8 2 2 0 156.0 165 64 62 8 40 3 54 2 2 0 667 97 1.314 9.5 0.5 2.3 3.1 1.35
162 Game Avg. 5 9 .357 3.58 50 18 8 2 2 0 163 173 67 65 8 42 3 56 2 2 0 698 97 1.314 9.5 0.5 2.3 3.1 1.35

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1978 25 HOU NL 17 159 143 19 43 6 1 2 3 0 10 17 .301 .342 .399 .741 .325 57 1 0 4 2 2
1979 26 HOU NL 31 507 467 45 122 15 2 6 8 3 30 37 .261 .307 .340 .647 .272 159 13 2 5 3 1
2 Seasons 48 666 610 64 165 21 3 8 11 3 40 54 .270 .315 .354 .669 .284 216 14 2 9 5 3
162 Game Avg. 50 697 638 67 173 22 3 8 12 3 42 56 .270 .315 .354 .669 .284 226 15 2 9 5 3
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1978 25 HOU NL 17 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 26 26 26 4 2 0 0 2.0 0.0 6.3
1979 26 HOU NL 31 16 4 7 5 2 1 7 9 .438 1 3 2 2 6 38% 51 78 24 18 5 3 8 2.2 2.0 6.1
2 Seasons 48 17 4 8 5 2 1 7 10 .412 1 3 2 2 6 35% 50 78 24 22 7 3 8 2.2 1.9 6.1
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1978 25 HOU NL 17 16 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 8 3 38% 8 0.766 1 3 12 1 1 14 4 12 9 3 9 4 5.3
1979 26 HOU NL 31 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17 8 47% 2 0.941 3 4 8 1 2 12 8 7 7 5 9 2 4.9
2 Seasons 48 31 8 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 25 11 44% 0.899 4 7 20 2 3 26 12 19 16 8 18 6 5.1

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1978 25 HOU NL 159 36% 1.3% 10.7% 6.3% 5.7% 21% 1.35 79% 36 1 3%
1979 26 HOU NL 508 44% 1.2% 7.3% 5.9% 4.5% 19% 1.04 84% 98 13 13%
2 Seasons 667 42% 1.2% 8.1% 6.0% 4.8% 19% 1.10 83% 134 14 10%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1978 25 HOU NL 159 43 2 0 8 2 0 0 2 12 7 1 58% 3 0 0 70 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
1979 26 HOU NL 507 122 6 0 10 4 2 1 5 28 19 0 68% 4 0 0 197 8 3 73% 6 3 1 0 1 0 2 0 5 1
2 Seasons 666 165 8 0 18 6 2 1 7 40 26 1 65% 7 0 0 267 11 3 79% 8 3 2 0 1 0 3 0 9 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1978 25 1 2 .333 4.67 17 1 5 0 0 0 34.2 43 19 18 2 10 2 17 0 1 0 159 70 1.529 11.2 0.5 2.6 4.4 1.70 70
1979 26 5 9 .357 3.58 48 17 8 2 2 0 156.0 165 64 62 8 40 3 54 2 2 0 667 97 1.314 9.5 0.5 2.3 3.1 1.35 97

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1978 25 1 2 .333 6.00 33.0 48 24 22 2 11 16 0 1.788 13.1 3.0 4.4 1.45 0.5 17
1979 26 6 6 .500 3.83 115.0 129 54 49 6 32 35 2 1.400 10.1 2.5 2.7 1.09 0.5 31
2 Seasons 7 8 .467 4.32 148.0 177 78 71 8 43 51 2 1.486 10.8 3.1 1.19 0.5 48

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